Rongfei Mu is a poet and writer from Beijing. Her work, which has been published by Palette Poetry, The Shore, and Rust + Moth, seeks to deconstruct and reconfigure language, rendering the familiar strange and the strange familiar, with a special focus on intimate relationships and morally complex female narrators. When she is not dreaming up her next poem, she finds inspiration in the rhythm of a rainy day, the rebellious spirit of 60s fashion, and the psychedelic haze of a Doors song.
Once a yearOr three or seven years,I come back to you,Like the waves being pulled back to seaOn the shadowy Shandong beaches You took me to when I was a kid.Now you speak a foreign language.It’s all garbled to me, like foam,Or the racket of washing...